Who we are
We enjoy pushing boundaries. We relish challenges. Accelerated growth is our driving force.
Group8 principles
8 fundamental principles have created our brand philosophy and bind our team. They are what drive us to 'never settle'.
Differenti8
Navig8
Acceler8
Innov8
Collabor8
Elev8
Dedic8
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Why Group8?
Our vision is to become the most innovative and trusted legal resourcing and human capital consulting business within the markets we operate - the ‘go to’ for ambitious firms and organisations. An uncompromising commitment to 'quality over quantity' is at the core of our business model and culture. Our relentless and passionate pursuit of our clients' goals means that many come to see us as an integral, trusted part of their team.
Who we represent
We are the company we keep. We only collaborate with those who are ambitious and driven, with a vision we believe people will connect with. We won’t accept an assignment, or commit to working with an individual, unless we are absolutely certain that we can successfully meet expectations.
Our philosophy
We differentiate ourselves from our competitors through our elevated standards. We are dedicated to our clients, and the individuals we represent, helping them navigate challenges and achieve their goals through creative thinking. Client relationships are based on mutual collaboration as we work together to accelerate their growth. We become an extension of our client's business as we emulate and advocate their culture, values and ethos.
What they say about us...
Meet the Group8 team
Authenticity and inclusion are fundamental to our dynamic, experienced and eclectic team. We don’t believe in hierarchy – you’re only as good as your next best idea.
Miranda was educated in Law to postgraduate level in the UK and initially decided to pursue a career as a lawyer, with a leading firm in London. She entered the world of legal executive search in 2001, consulting to leading law firms and corporations around the world. With experience gained in Australia, Dubai, Singapore and the EMEA region, her knowledge and expertise is truly global.
The selection of clients on whose behalf Miranda has acted include global law firms, major listed and private entities, and banks, providing strategic advisory and growth solutions. She has lived in the UK, Kuwait, Australia, Dubai and Singapore, and has facilitated team, partner and senior level moves across the world.
Miranda's experience to date encompasses:
- Strategic consulting on the proposed growth of a team, firm merger, team acquisition, the development of a new office or new practice area.
- Consulting and collaborating with law firm clients to develop innovative solutions
- Acting as seconded HR and Resourcing Manager or to work on specific special projects.
- Sourcing for law firms senior practitioners at Partner, Senior Associate or Special Counsel level.
- Sourcing General Counsel, Company Secretaries, Policy Analysts and Senior and Legal Counsel for corporations and providing global search services sourcing lawyers from overseas jurisdictions.
- Regularly called upon by senior practitioners in the legal market for career consulting advice providing support from building their profile through to directly assisting them with a move, domestically or globally.
Examples of recent projects include:
- Acted for a leading global law firm providing consulting, strategic advice and search services to establish a local law offering in Singapore. Coordinated and managed the acquisition of a team of partners and lawyers across a range of practice areas, through to completion and successful integration.
- Seconded to a client to oversee the strategic development and implementation of a full performance management system including full salary bench-marking, performance metrics and employee brand proposition.
- Acted for a major construction contractor to source senior counsel to manage key legal functions in India, Hong Kong and Singapore.
- Acted for a well-established national Australian law firm in consulting, planning and sourcing a team acquisition to establish a new office. Role involved working with the firm’s Board and Managing Partner structuring and managing the project from inception through to completion.
- Acted for major Australian construction contractor to source over 32 lawyers for its national in-house legal team over a period of five years.
- Acted for a major global law firm in sourcing two International Arbitration Partners in Hong Kong.
Based in London acting for clients globally.
Ian has been a successful corporate lawyer for over 20 years working in both private practice and senior in-house roles across the UK, Australia and Asia Pacific. More recently he established his own executive coaching business, providing leadership coaching to senior members of the legal industry and owners of small businesses and start-ups. Ian is a graduate of the Meyler Campbell "Mastered" coaching programme and a member of both the Association for Coaching and the Institute of Coaching.
- Ian is an experienced business coach with particular expertise coaching those in the legal industry, including senior in-house practitioners and those in private practice. In addition, Ian coaches owners of small businesses and start-ups together with those undertaking major changes in career or returning to work after periods of parental leave.
- Ian's primary coaching strengths lie with enabling clients to:
- Set, develop and execute business strategy
- Manage and capitalise on periods of change
- Manage and develop their teams
- Set a clear vision for their own future and achieve their personal objectives
- In addition to his coaching skills, Ian is a highly skilled corporate lawyer with over 20 years' experience across various practice areas and jurisdictions. Most recently he was a senior legal counsel at HSBC with responsibility for the negotiation of highly complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions with a particular focus on technology, IT innovation and outsourcing.
- Prior to HSBC, Ian spent 8 years as a senior legal counsel at British American Tobacco in Sydney where his responsibilities included managing the legal aspects of a global business transformation programme, leading a team of senior corporate lawyers and overseeing complex strategic litigation.
- Ian's private practice career began as a litigator with Norton Rose in London, specialising in complex commercial litigation, before moving to Baker & McKenzie in Sydney where he spent a number of years focusing on commercial disputes and insolvency matters.
Based in the UK, but available to undertake coaching assignments via video-conferencing for clients wherever they may be located.
Abid trained as a lawyer working in corporate finance before entering the resourcing industry 25 years ago. He is an experienced Business Manager and Developer with a wealth of experience in various industry sectors in various locations around the world, including the emerging markets. He has worked in over 35 countries in various CEO roles and was Investor and Director of a UK FTSE250 company, as well as a Non-Executive Director for multiple recruitment companies. He founded ARBP, which trained recruiters in 22 countries and had a wealth of experience in building and managing teams. Industry specialisations include Oil & Gas, Security and Professional Services.
- Trained as a lawyer before entering the world of recruitment over 25 years ago.
- Niche training and consultancy business providing services to the various industries in 22 countries around the world.
- Responsible for building the strategy for a top Oil & Gas brand, creating brand awareness and driving the sales. The strategy yielded triple digit growth for the brand, and developed its contracting business globally.
- Fostered a community of start-up businesses who benefit from the expertise of his investment team.
- Provides dedicated services enabling partners’ businesses to flourish, ranging from operational strategy and back office support to marketing and talent attraction.
London
Victor graduated from the University of Kent with a first class honours degree in Politics & International Relations and subsequently went on to work in a variety of sectors including local government and financial services in administrative and data analysis capacities. He is hoping to use his experience of delivering efficiency improvements across various projects to help Group8 operate as effectively as possible as it continues to grow.
- Key contributor to implementation phase of new speech and text analytics software package used to provide more insightful intelligence data for a financial services company.
- Delivered tailored sessions and reference materials for a charity’s volunteers and service users, providing information needed to tackle the financial issues they face – presented project output to the CEO
- Lead electoral officer responsible for processing registration forms on CRM system containing 240,000 records for registered voters in the borough
- Jointly responsible for project aimed at improving engagement with stakeholders in organisation’s other departments by mapping and recording relationships
London
Redefine gr8 at Group8
Group8 are looking for talented consulting, HR and resourcing professionals to join our ever-growing family. If you’re interested in doing something ‘entirely different’, contact any member of our team to find out more.
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